archiveMarch 8, 2019

  Amnesty International has revealed that thousands of women who fled Boko Haram-controlled areas, almost a year after its investigation, revealed patterns of abuse by security forces. In a statement released on Friday in commemoration of International Women’s Day, Amnesty International noted that many of the women still struggle to...

MTN Group announced on Thursday a $1 billion divestment programme over the next three years that will slim down Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator and refocus it on high-growth markets on the continent and in the Middle East. Founded with Pretoria’s help after the end of white minority rule in...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are jittery that “the stolen 2019 Presidential mandate” will be retrieved by its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The party said this was why President Buhari has renewed attack and blame game on the PDP...

  A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), will lead the legal team assembled by President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress to defend the President’s mandate in court, The PUNCH can confirm. A former Attorney-General of Ogun State and younger brother to the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the world to celebrate the womenfolk on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. He paid tribute to them for the invaluable roles they play in building homes, and by extension, the nation, just as he applauded their lofty contributions in both the public and...

  The Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja, affirmed the order of a Federal High Court in Lagos, which directed the Federal Government to temporarily seize the sum of $8.4m linked to the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. The apex court in a unanimous judgment delivered...

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Dr Samson ‘Supo Ayokunle, has called on all stakeholders to ensure free, fair and credible elections on Saturday. Ayokunle, in a statement on Friday by his spokesman, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, reminded them of the need to avoid violence, bloodshed and all forms...

The Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal has reserved judgment in a petition filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, in the September 2018 governorship election held in the state. The tribunal yesterday, after entertaining final arguments and adoption of written addresses by lawyers to...